June 15, 2001
The Importance of Teaching Introductory Courses in Anthropology
Many anthropologists avoid teaching introductory courses. Yet those courses are crucial to the discipline for several reasons. First, they meet the general-education requirements of many colleges and universities, and thus keep the numbers of students in anthropology courses up. That is an essential achievement these days, when academic administrators want departments to maximize their "product" and expand their "client base." Second, the courses are fertile recruiting grounds for future
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